The mail-coaches loaded up about half-past seven at their respective inns, and then assembled at the Post Office Yard to receive the bags. All, that is to say, except seven West of England mails--the Bath, Bristol, Devonport, Exeter, Gloucester, Southampton and Stroud--whose coaches started from Piccadilly, the bags being conveyed to them at that point by mail-cart. There were thus twenty-one coaches starting nightly from the General Post Office precisely at 8 o’clock. Here is a list of the mails setting out every night throughout the year:-- A LIST OF MAIL-COACHES STARTING NIGHTLY FROM LONDON IN 1837. +--------------------+------+---------------------+-------+----------+ | | | | | Average | | | | | | speed | | Mails. |Miles.| Inn whence starting.| Time. | per hour,| | | | | | stops | | | | | | included.| +--------------------+------+---------------------+-------+----------+ | | | | H. M. | M. F. | | Bristol | 122 | Swan with Two Necks | 11 45 | 10 3 | | Devonport | 216 | Spread Eagle, | 21 14 | 10 1¾ | | (“Quicksilver”) | | Gracechurch Street| | | | Birmingham | 119 | King’s Arms, | 11 56 | 9 7¾ | | | | Holborn Bridge | | | | Bath | 109 | Swan with Two Necks | 11 0 | 9 7¾ | | Manchester | 187 | ” ” ” | 19 0 | 9 6⅔ | | Halifax | 196 | ” ” ” | 20 5 | 9 6 | | Liverpool | 203 | ” ” ” | 20 50 | 9 6 | | Holyhead | 261 | ” ” ” | 26 55 | 9 5⅔ | | Norwich, by Ipswich| 113 | ” ” ” | 11 38 | 9 5⅔ | | Exeter | 173 | ” ” ” | 18 12 | 9 4 | | Hull (New Holland | 172 | Spread Eagle, | 18 12 | 9 4 | | Ferry) | | Gracechurch Street| | | | Leeds | 197 | Bull and Mouth | 20 52 | 9 3½ | | Glasgow | 396 | ” ” | 42 0 | 9 3⅖ | | Southampton | 80 | Swan with Two Necks | 8 30 | 9 3⅓ | | Edinburgh | 399 | Bull and Mouth | 42 23 | 9 3⅓ | | Chester | 190 | Golden Cross | 20 16 | 9 3 | | Gloucester and | 224 | ” ” | 24 0 | 9 2⅔ | | Carmarthen | | | | | | Worcester | 115 | Bull and Mouth | 12 20 | 9 2½ | | Yarmouth | 124 | White Horse, Fetter | 13 30 | 9 1½ | | | | Lane | | |